Sony and IBM to Market Cell Based Workstations by Year End

Sony Corporation and International Business Machines said at the E3 show in Los Angeles, California, that they would ship commercial workstations based on the jointly developed Cell processor in the fourth quarter of this year.

The workstations aimed at developers of computer games as well as creators of movies will be powered by chips that are reportedly to be found in Sonys next-generation PlayStation 3 console that is due to launch in 2006.